Chimney swifts are very fast fliers and spend most of their lives in midair. They eat, drink and mate while flying, only stopping to raise young. They even take their baths in flight by dipping in a ...

Robert Robinson works as an Associate Director at the British Trust for Ornithology, which collates of the citizen science-based data that underpins much of the analyses discussed here. Swifts need ...

HARBOR SPRINGS — A partnership between the Petoskey Regional Audubon Society and Harbor Springs Public Schools has resulted in the installation of a chimney swift nesting/roosting tower on the north ...

Squadrons of small sooty-brown, sickle-winged birds called chimney swifts zip through the air in rapid twists and turns while gobbling up flying insects. Their 5-inch-long bodies taper at both ends, ...

ASHEVILLE - It's hard to believe fall is just around the corner, with high temperatures reaching the upper 80s this week in the mountains. But it's that time of year when the swifties come out to play ...

A group watches for black swifts at Holland Falls at dusk recently. Because the birds are usually most active at dusk and dawn, are small and black, nest behind or next to waterfalls, and are ...